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DIRECTORY
Area Codes
Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska: 043
Brodsko-Posavska: 035
Dubrovačko-Neretvanska: 020
Istarska: 052
Krapinsko-Zagorska: 049
Ličko-Senjska: 053
Karlovačka: 047
Koprivničko-Križevačka: 048
Međimurska: 040
Osječko-Baranjska: 031
Typical newspaper kiosk in Valpovo Požeško-Slavonska: 034
Newspapers and Primorsko-Goranska: 051
services of all kinds. If you are Magazines
sending ordinary post, stamps Šibensko-Kninska: 022
(marke) can also be bought at The top-selling national daily Sisačko-Moslavačka: 044
news agents (kiosk). Note that newspapers are 24 Sata, Jutarnji Splitsko-Dalmatinska: 021
unless airmail is specifically List, Večernji List and Slobodna Varaždinska: 042
requested, postcards and letters Dalmacija, all in Croatian.
will be sent overland. British, Italian and German Virovitičko-Podravska: 033
Letters and cards can be newspapers and magazines Vukovarsko-Srijemska: 032
posted at post offices or the are usually readily available at Zadarska: 023
roadside yellow post boxes. newsstands in all the major Zagreb: 01
The costs vary according to the resorts and cities. Also look Zagrebačka: 01
type of correspondence and out for the very informative
the destination. Post offices are English-language In Your Pocket Useful Numbers
open 7am–7pm Monday–Friday, bi-monthly guides, available for
and 7am–1pm on Saturday. various destinations including Information for
During summer months, the Split, Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Zadar
post offices in the tourist resorts and Zagreb. International Calls
extend their opening times Tel 11802.
until 10pm. Television and Radio International Operator
A practical and straight-
forward way to receive post The main Croatian radio and Tel 901.
while on holiday is to use the television company is Hrvatska Speaking Clock
poste restante service. Any radiotelevizija (HRT). There are Tel 18095.
correspondence sent to the four national TV channels: HRT1,
following addresses will be held HRT2, HRT3 and HRT4, all of Directory Enquiries
until it is collected by the which broad cast foreign and in Croatia
addressee. In Zagreb, the domestic programmes. Other
address is Poste Restante, 10000 television stations are RTL, RTL2, Tel 11888.
Zagreb, Croatia and in Split, Doma and Nova TV, as well Weather Forecast and
Poste Restante, Main Post Office, as about 20 private regional
21000 Split, Croatia. channels. Almost all programmes Traffic Conditions
including films and other foreign Tel (072) 777 777.
productions are broadcast in
their original language, with Post Offices
Croatian sub titles. The radio has
daily news in both English and Dubrovnik
German. Many hotels have Vukovarska 16.
satellite television and hotel Tel (020) 362 068.
guests will have access to a wide
range of European stations. Split
Croatian radio stations broad- Kralja Tomislava 9.
cast in Croatian only, apart from Tel (021) 406 705.
some traffic reports. On the
Second Channel (at RDS-HRT2), Zagreb
reports on news in general Jurišićeva 13.
Entrance to a post office (HP) are given in English, German Tel (072) 303 304.
in Dubrovnik and Italian.

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